What: A series of 5K weeknight cross country races.
Where: Grasshopper Hill in Alta Vista. (Closest major intersection is Alta Vista/Heron) A park course on short grass and dirt. Mainly flat, two minor hills. Easy street parking, one portapotty. OC Transpo stop right at the park.
When: Wednesday nights at 6:30pm. August 10th, August 24, September 7, September 21, October 5.
Who and How: This is the unique part... The course will be the same for all 5 dates. I will provide the course markers, a folding table and jugs of water for each date. For each date, a different crew (4-6 people) will "host" the event. This means providing:
- the manpower for the timekeeping, marshaling, and post-race refreshments.
- post-race food.
- race name, theme, and prizing.
Rules For Hosting
- Put your crew together, call dibs on your date. First come first served.
- Maximum crew budget is $100. This has to cover all of your food and prizing costs, so you'll need to be creative. Apart from the race course, everything is the host crew's prerogative.
- No cash or merchandise prizes.
- If you want to do some kind of fundraising on the side, that's fair game. But the races themselves must be free.
This isn't an RM thing, so spread the word and invite anybody. I'll make a Facebook page so it'll be easy to draw people in and RSVP for planning.
Get crackin'. Make a crew (or announce your availability to be on a crew), pick a date, start brainstorming. You want cheap races, here's your chance.
I did this in Toronto 3 or 4 times and it's pretty easy to get 25-30 people out for some free racing.
(Seriously no running friends to form a crew) so if anyone wants an extra person to help on one of those dates, I'd be in.
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